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Delicious Seating from unconventional material.

There is a lot around us that we can use in very unexpected ways. I built this seating and ottoman and upholstered it in faux fur. Using aluminum dryer vent I purchased from the hardware store for about $10 and some pewter nail heads, I embellished the bottom part of both pieces to complete a small seating area. It is amazing what you can make out of very unlikely materials. Very beautiful and expensive looking. I am very pleased with the out come.

These paper lamp shades are not very durable and tend to rip quite easily and they all have the same boring ivory paper, but with a little effort you can fix and or customize any paper lamp shade.

I purchased this Sore paper lamp shade from Ikea AS IS department for less than $3.00. After leaving it in the box at the business not sure how to customize it, the next time I went to pick it up I noticed some roaches had left their droppings on it. When I went to clean it, it began to rip. I had to find a quick solution. I decided to use some mod podge and paper napkins to fix it. I searched for some paper napkins but I did not find any I liked. Then the thought came “why not use some paper patterns?”

Bright idea! I had some old Simplicity paper patterns for a skirt in the attic and I went and got it. The steps are as follows;